On 5/1/06, RICHARD <rab(a)nauticom.net> wrote:
Re my previous message, it appears the need for frequent
re-activation of
the connection is due to just losing the DNS information. I can stay
connected while using ssh or telnet. But anything requiring names instead
of ip's stops after a few minutes.
If the hotel doesn't block udp port 53 you should be able to run your
own dns server. if its installed
service named start
should get it running. you could test it with
dig
google.com @127.0.0.1
if it doesn't time out you should be able to configure your network to
use that as its DNS and you would be away.